Three men trying to make hash oil from marijuana in Moses Lake today ignited a flash fire that left them severely burned, authorities said. Jeffrey A. Beavin, 30, Ray A. Jones, 28, and Sean M. Jensen, 28, all of Moses Lake were using butane to…
RENO, Nev. (AP) — The jury is expected to begin deliberations in James Biela's rape and murder trial on Wednesday after his public defenders abruptly ended presentation of their case with the calling of only one expert witness about DNA evidence. The judge said he…
Spokane police are looking for tips identifying two assailants who attacked a man early Saturday outside the Blue Spark, 15 S. Howard Ave. The assault occurred between midnight and 1 a.m. and sent the victim to a hospital with head trauma. One man was described…
The attorney defending Spokane police Officer Karl F. Thompson Jr. spent a good portion of a hearing Monday defending the city of Spokane’s legal strategy. The attorney, Carl Oreskovich, told a federal judge that no conflict exists between his roles defending Thompson on criminal charges…
A man charged in a home invasion robbery last fall walked out of court a free man today after pleading guilty to riot. Maurice D. Lofton, 29, pleaded guilty to the felony in a plea agreement reached after Deputy Prosecutor Larry Haskell said the victims…
Just after police arrest two people described as major sources of OxyContin in the region, Spokane County see its first pharmacy robbery in several months. But the incident early Saturday at 12 E. Empire Ave was "not the typical OxyContin theft," the accused getaway driver's…
RENO, Nev. (AP) — The ex-girlfriend of a former Spokane man standing trial in the killing of a Nevada college coed and sexual assaults of two other young women said Monday she watched from her office window the day victim Brianna Denison's body was found…
A felon with a history of fleeing police is accused of ramming a library-bound couple's car in Spokane Valley before briefly escaping inside an apartment. Spokane Valley police reportedly found seven firearms in John K. Gooch's truck after his arrest Friday. Gooch, 33, appeared in…
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